‘This report will change your life’: what zero emissions means for UK
by Damian Carrington Environment editor from on (#4E9ZJ)
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"Make no mistake, this report will change your life," says Prof David Reay at the University of Edinburgh. "If the meticulous and robust expert advice here is heeded it will deliver a revolution in every facet of our lives, from how we power our homes and travel to work to the food we buy."
The government's official advisers the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) said on Thursday that the UK's net greenhouse gas emissions should fall to zero by 2050, emphasising that the transformation is necessary, affordable and desirable.
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